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Tad D. Campbell, PDC |
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Tad D. Campbell was born November 25, 1970 at Los Gatos, California, the first of two sons of Donald and Kathy Campbell. Shortly thereafter he moved with his parents to a small ranch in rural Gilroy, the southernmost city in Santa Clara County and now famous as the "Garlic Capital of the World". He attended the local Gilroy schools and graduated from Gilroy High School. He then attended Gavilan Community College in Gilroy and San José State University with a major in history. In 1992 Tad began a career as a 9-1-1 dispatcher with the San José Police Department. He has been an active member of the Communications staff, participating on a number of important committees, including the selection of new phone and computer systems. Tad has also been a dedicated Communications Training Officer, having taught more than sixty new employees one-on-one in the skills necessary to process 9-1-1 calls. He has been named SJPD Communications Training Officer of the Month, SJPD Dispatcher of the Month twice, and SJPD Dispatcher of the Year twice. Tad's life-long interest in history began while he was still in his youth. In the late 1980's he began researching his family history, which led to the discovery that he is directly descended from six Union ancestors and one Confederate ancestor, as follows:
Over the years Tad has discovered that he has an additional 42 blood uncles who served during the Civil War, 30 for the Union and 12 for the Confederacy. A complete list can be found at the following link: http://home.earthlink.net/~tadcamp/civilwar.html In 1997 Tad became interested in the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) and was recruited into the Phil Sheridan Camp No. 4 of San José by the late Donald Cheney, PDC. A Life Member of the organization, Tad is an active member of Camp No. 4, having served in every elective office, including two terms as Camp Commander, and in the appointed positions of Patriotic Instructor, Newsletter Editor, Historian, and Signals Officer/Webmaster. Tad was elected three times to the office of Department Commander and is in his ninth year as Department Signals Officer/Webmaster. Since becoming active in the organization, Tad has not missed an opportunity to serve his Brothers as a Delegate to the Department and National Encampments, including the 1st Special National Encampment at Gettysburg in 2007. In addition to his duties with the Camp and Department, he has also lent his efforts at the National level as a member of the National Committee on History. As a member of the Sons of Veterans Reserve (SVR), Tad is a Color Sergeant in Company C, 8th California Volunteer Infantry and a Cannoneer in Battery A, 3rd U.S. Artillery. He also belongs to the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the Union States (MOLLUS). Tad and his wife Rachelle continue to live in Gilroy, California. Rachelle works in Gilroy as the store manager of the Cole Haan Factory Store and as a sound technician with the American Musical Theatre of San José. She is the organizer and Past President of the Dr. Mary E. Walker Auxiliary No. 52, Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and currently serves as Department President. Rachelle is also a member of the Dames of the Loyal Legion of the United States (DOLLUS). Tad has assisted the Auxiliary as Counselor for two terms. Tad and Rachelle have recently added a future member of the Auxiliary to their household. Their first child, Emelia Jeanne, was born April 21, 2008.
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Copyright © 2002-2008 — Dept. of CA & Pacific, SUVCW Webmaster: Tad D. Campbell, PDC |
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